Most cited papers in Forgiveness and Related Behaviors
What are the most cited papers in Forgiveness and Related Behaviors?
The most cited paper in Forgiveness and Related Behaviors is "Guilt: An interpersonal approach." (Roy Frederick Baumeister, Arlene M. Stillwell, Todd F. Heatherton, 1994), with 1,757 citations. Next come "Interpersonal forgiving in close relationships." (1,230) and "Dispositional Forgiveness of Self, Others, and Situations" (1,082).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 273 citations is listed.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guilt: An interpersonal approach. Roy Frederick Baumeister, Arlene M. Stillwell, Todd F. Heatherton · Psychological Bulletin | 1994 | 1,757 |
| 2 | Interpersonal forgiving in close relationships. Michael E. McCullough, Jr. Worthington Everett L., K. Chris Rachal · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 1997 | 1,230 |
| 3 | Dispositional Forgiveness of Self, Others, and Situations Laura Yamhure Thompson, Charles R. R. Snyder, Lesa Hoffman et al. · Journal of Personality | 17 Jan 2005 | 1,082 |
| 4 | Removing the Shadow of Suspicion: The Effects of Apology Versus Denial for Repairing Competence- Versus Integrity-Based Trust Violations. Peter H. Kim, Donald Lee Ferrin, Cecily D. Cooper et al. · Journal of Applied Psychology | 2004 | 1,062 |
| 5 | Expressed Humility in Organizations: Implications for Performance, Teams, and Leadership Bradley Paul Owens, Michael D. Johnson, Terence R. Mitchell · Organization Science | 13 Feb 2013 | 902 |
| 6 | Forgiveness is an emotion-focused coping strategy that can reduce health risks and promote health resilience: theory, review, and hypotheses Everett L. Worthington, Michael Scherer · Psychology and Health | 27 May 2004 | 822 |
| 7 | Dealing with betrayal in close relationships: Does commitment promote forgiveness? Eli J. Finkel, Caryl E. Rusbult, Madoka Kumashiro et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Jun 2002 | 769 |
| 8 | The road to forgiveness: A meta-analytic synthesis of its situational and dispositional correlates. Ryan Fehr, Michele Joy Gelfand, Monisha Nag · Psychological Bulletin | 2010 | 754 |
| 9 | Getting even or moving on? Power, procedural justice, and types of offense as predictors of revenge, forgiveness, reconciliation, and avoidance in organizations. Karl F. Aquino, Thomas M. Tripp, Robert J. Bies · Journal of Applied Psychology | 2006 | 725 |
| 10 | Forgiveness, forbearance, and time: The temporal unfolding of transgression-related interpersonal motivations. Michael E. McCullough, Frank D. Fincham, Jo‐Ann Tsang · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Mar 2003 | 658 |
| 11 | How employees respond to personal offense: The effects of blame attribution, victim status, and offender status on revenge and reconciliation in the workplace. Karl F. Aquino, Thomas M. Tripp, Robert J. Bies · Journal of Applied Psychology | 2001 | 654 |
| 12 | Vengefulness: Relationships with Forgiveness, Rumination, Well-Being, and the Big Five Michael E. McCullough, C. Garth Bellah, Shelley Dean Kilpatrick et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | May 2001 | 653 |
| 13 | A needs-based model of reconciliation: Satisfying the differential emotional needs of victim and perpetrator as a key to promoting reconciliation. Nurit Shnabel, Arie Nadler · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 2008 | 627 |
| 14 | Humility: Theoretical Perspectives, Empirical Findings and Directions for Future Research June Price Tangney · Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology | Mar 2000 | 605 |
| 15 | Forgivingness, Vengeful Rumination, and Affective Traits Jack W. Berry, Everett L. Worthington, Lynn E. O’Connor et al. · Journal of Personality | 14 Dec 2004 | 600 |
| 16 | Granting Forgiveness or Harboring Grudges: Implications for Emotion, Physiology, and Health Charlotte van Oyen Witvliet, Thomas E Ludwig, Kelly L. Vander Laan · Psychological Science | Mar 2001 | 600 |
| 17 | Intellectual Humility: Owning Our Limitations Dennis Whitcomb, Heather D. Battaly, Jason Baehr et al. · Philosophy and Phenomenological Research | 17 Aug 2015 | 594 |
| 18 | Apology as aggression control: Its role in mediating appraisal of and response to harm. Ken-ichi Ohbuchi, Masuyo Kameda, Nariyuki Agarie · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Feb 1989 | 574 |
| 19 | When more blame is better than less: The implications of internal vs. external attributions for the repair of trust after a competence- vs. integrity-based trust violation Peter H. Kim, Kurt T. Dirks, Cecily D. Cooper et al. · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes | 7 Sep 2005 | 564 |
| 20 | Humble Chief Executive Officers’ Connections to Top Management Team Integration and Middle Managers’ Responses Amy Yi Ou, Anne S. Y. Tsui, Angelo J. Kinicki et al. · Administrative Science Quarterly | 8 Jan 2014 | 563 |
| 21 | Dimensions of Religiosity and Their Relationship to Lifetime Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders Kenneth S. Kendler, Xiao-Qing Liu, Charles O. Gardner et al. · American Journal of Psychiatry | 28 Feb 2003 | 562 |
| 22 | Bringing humility to leadership: Antecedents and consequences of leader humility J. Andrew Morris, Céleste M. Brotheridge, John C. Urbanski · Human Relations | Oct 2005 | 539 |
| 23 | Forgiveness as an intervention goal with incest survivors. Suzanne R. Freedman, Robert D. Enright · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | 1996 | 527 |
| 24 | Forgiveness, Health, and Well-Being: A Review of Evidence for Emotional Versus Decisional Forgiveness, Dispositional Forgivingness, and Reduced Unforgiveness Everett L. Worthington, Charlotte van Oyen Witvliet, Pietro Pietrini et al. · Journal of Behavioral Medicine | 23 Apr 2007 | 515 |
| 25 | Measuring Individual Differences in the Tendency to Forgive: Construct Validity and Links with Depression Ryan P. Brown · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | Jun 2003 | 508 |
| 26 | The Psychology of Unforgiveness and Forgiveness and Implications for Clinical Practice Everett L. Worthington, Nathaniel G. Wade · Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology | Dec 1999 | 494 |
| 27 | Cognitive systems for revenge and forgiveness Michael E. McCullough, Robert Kurzban, Benjamin A. Tabak · Behavioral and Brain Sciences | 5 Dec 2012 | 490 |
| 28 | Suggestibility of children's memory: Psycholegal implications. Stephen J. Ceci, David F. Ross, Michael P. Toglia · Journal of Experimental Psychology General | Mar 1987 | 484 |
| 29 | Empathy, Shame, Guilt, and Narratives of Interpersonal Conflicts: Guilt‐Prone People Are Better at Perspective Taking Karen Pezza Leith, Roy Frederick Baumeister · Journal of Personality | Feb 1998 | 478 |
| 30 | Self–Forgiveness: The Stepchild of Forgiveness Research Julie H. Hall, Frank D. Fincham · Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology | Aug 2005 | 476 |
| 31 | Articulating an Uncompromising Forgiveness Pamela Hieronymi · Philosophy and Phenomenological Research | May 2001 | 475 |
| 32 | Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Empathy and Forgiveness Loren L. Toussaint, Jon Roger Webb · The Journal of Social Psychology | Dec 2005 | 471 |
| 33 | Too Proud to Let Go: Narcissistic Entitlement as a Barrier to Forgiveness. Julie Juola Exline, Roy Frederick Baumeister, Brad J. Bushman et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Dec 2004 | 467 |
| 34 | Children's reactions to apologies. Bruce W. Darby, Barry R. Schlenker · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Oct 1982 | 458 |
| 35 | Forgiveness and Justice: A Research Agenda for Social and Personality Psychology Julie Juola Exline, Everett L. Worthington, Peter C. Hill et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Review | Nov 2003 | 447 |
| 36 | Efficacy of psychotherapeutic interventions to promote forgiveness: A meta-analysis. Nathaniel G. Wade, William T. Hoyt, Julia E. M. Kidwell et al. · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | 23 Dec 2013 | 446 |
| 37 | The Road to Reconciliation: Antecedents of Victim Willingness to Reconcile Following a Broken Promise Edward C. Tomlinson, Brian R. Dineen, Roy James Lewicki · Journal of Management | 11 Oct 2003 | 424 |
| 38 | Forgiveness and Collective Guilt Assignment to Historical Perpetrator Groups Depend on Level of Social Category Inclusiveness. Michael J. A. Wohl, Nyla R. Branscombe · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 24 Jan 2005 | 424 |
| 39 | The kiss of the porcupines: From attributing responsibility to forgiving Frank D. Fincham · Personal Relationships | Mar 2000 | 422 |
| 40 | Intervention Studies on Forgiveness: A Meta‐Analysis Thomas W. Baskin, Robert D. Enright · Journal of Counseling & Development | 2004 | 421 |
| 41 | When Talk Is Not Cheap: Substantive Penance and Expressions of Intent in Rebuilding Cooperation William P. Bottom, Kevin Gibson, Steven E. Daniels et al. · Organization Science | Oct 2002 | 416 |
| 42 | The Effects of Blame Attributions and Offender Likableness on Forgiveness and Revenge in the Workplace Murray Bradfield, Karl F. Aquino · Journal of Management | Oct 1999 | 412 |
| 43 | When Suffering Begets Suffering Masi Noor, Nurit Shnabel, Samer Halabi et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Review | 29 Mar 2012 | 411 |
| 44 | Effects of reminiscence interventions on psychosocial outcomes: A meta-analysis Martin Pinquart, Simon Forstmeier · Aging & Mental Health | 3 Feb 2012 | 411 |
| 45 | Exploring Forgiveness. Neil Robert Fow · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease | Mar 2000 | 401 |
| 46 | The Development and Validation of the Comprehensive Intellectual Humility Scale Elizabeth J. Krumrei-Mancuso, Steven V. Rouse · Journal of Personality Assessment | 5 Nov 2015 | 398 |
| 47 | Getting Even: Forgiveness and Its Limits Jeffrie G. Murphy | 28 Feb 2003 | 395 |
| 48 | Writing about the benefits of an interpersonal transgression facilitates forgiveness. Michael E. McCullough, Lindsey M. Root, Adam D. Cohen · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | 2006 | 394 |
| 49 | Attachment to God: The Attachment to God Inventory, Tests of Working Model Correspondence, and an Exploration of Faith Group Differences Richard Beck, Angie McDonald · Journal of Psychology and Theology | Jun 2004 | 392 |
| 50 | Dispositional Forgivingness: Development and Construct Validity of the Transgression Narrative Test of Forgivingness (TNTF) Jack W. Berry, Everett L. Worthington, Les Parrott et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | Oct 2001 | 388 |
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